Chpt 30

Question 1

Which of the following turned out to be the deadliest hurricane since 1928 and the costliest natural disaster on record in the United States?

Answer 1

Hurricane Katrina

Question 2

What hurricane made landfall 26 days after Hurricane Katrina near the Texas-Louisiana border, thus, interfering with hurricane response activities in New Orleans and forcing the evacuations of coastal regions of

Answer 2

Hurricane Rita

Question 3

At the time of the Hurricane Katrina disaster, which of the following was a weaker agency than it had been during the Clinton administration when it was a cabinet-level agency with a professional disaster-relief professional as a director?

Answer 3

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Question 4

True/False

An act of bioterrorism would be expected to mimic a natural disease outbreak and demand the same public health response that a natural epidemic would require.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

True/False

The damage of various types caused by a disaster is, by definition, far beyond the normal scale.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

True/False

Building collapses and hazardous material releases are examples of human-made and technological disasters.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

True/False

A town situated below an aging dam should have flooding and related drills as part of emergency preparedness.

Answer 7

True

Question 8

True/False

Bioterrorism requires a very different kind of preparedness strategy than the response needed for dramatic disasters such as a hurricane or the attack on and collapse of the World Trade Center towers.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

True/False

When West Nile virus first appeared in 1999 in New York City, bioterrorism was never considered as a possible explanation for its origin.

Answer 9

false

Question 10

True/False

It is believed that Asian flu may lead to the first flu pandemic in decades.

Answer 10

true

Question 11

True/False

If you were in charge of the response to the next pandemic, one of the main resources to which you should turn is the Strategic National Stockpile.

Answer 11

true

Question 12

The ______________________ puts a single person, who has responsibility for managing and coordinating the response, in charge at the scene.

Answer 12

Incident Command System

Question 13

Since 2002, the __________________________ has invested more than $9 billion in state, local, tribal, and territorial public health departments to upgrade their ability to respond to a range of public health threats.

Answer 13

CDC

Question 14

the hurricane that threatened New Orleans to the appropriate year

1965

Answer 14

Hurricane Besty

Question 15

the hurricane that threatened New Orleans to the appropriate year

1969

Answer 15

Hurricane Camille

Question 16

the hurricane that threatened New Orleans to the appropriate year

1992

Answer 16

Hurrican Andrew

Question 17

he hurricane that threatened New Orleans to the appropriate year

2004
Hurricane Ivan

Answer 17

Hurricane Ivan

Question 18

Should be delivered, usually by the mass media, in a manner that will prompt appropriate action by the population

Answer 18

Warnings

Question 19

A method for sorting survivors by severity of their injury and need for treatment, should be established at the scene by trained medical personnel

Answer 19

Triage

Question 20

Should be coordinated so that casualties are entered into the emergency medical services system and the healthcare system

Answer 20

Search and rescue operations

Question 21

Should be used to warn the public about health risks after the disaster as an effective public health measure

Answer 21

Mass media